Miss macbeth chords by
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello

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Key: E minor
Verse 1
F#m
F#m

All the chil dren testified
D
D

That Miss Macbeth had a fishbone slide
A
A

In her cobweb tresses
F#m
F#m

Her eyes were black
like first foot coal
D
D

Clutched as white as chalk- dust
Bm
Bm

Her fin gers sweated india- ink
D
D

F#m
F#m

and poison- pen letters
B
B

F#m
F#m

There is a hungry hanging tree
Bm
Bm

E
E

Just below your bedroom window
You can hear her take a broom
F#m
F#m

D
D

Bm
Bm

E
E

To beat out a tattoo on the ceiling
Bm
Bm

F#m
F#m

Her bloodless face ran red inside
Bm
Bm

But was she really evil?
D
D

F#m
F#m

Was she only pantomime?
B
B

G#m
G#m

F#m
F#m

D
D

C#aug
C#aug

F#m
F#m

D
D

B
B

G#m
G#m

Verse 2
A
A

E#dim
E#dim

F#m
F#m

Now the chalk on the wall
D
D

Says that somebody saves
Bm
Bm

That somebody's face has just been
A
A

F#m
F#m

E
E

Washed off the pavement
Bm
Bm

Into a puzzle where petrol
A
A

F#m
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E
E

Will be poisoned by rain
Bm
Bm

Miss Macbeth saw her reflection
A
A

F#m
F#m

E
E

As confetti bled its colours down
D
D

Dsus4
Dsus4

the drain
D
D

And every
Verse 3
G
G

D
D

Bm
Bm

day she lives out
C
C

Am
Am

G
G

another love song
Em
Em

D
D

Bm
Bm

It's a tearful lament of
C
C

Am
Am

G
G

somebody done wrong
D
D

Well how can you miss what
C
C

Am
Am

you've never possessed
Interlude 1
Miss Macbeth?
Am
Am

A
A

F#m
F#m

B
B

G#m
G#m

F#m
F#m

D
D

Bm
Bm

C#aug
C#aug

F#m
F#m

B
B

G#m
G#m

A
A

C#aug
C#aug

F#m
F#m

Verse 4
F#m
F#m

Well we all should have known
D
D

When the children paraded
Bm
Bm

They portrayed her in
their fairytales
A
A

F#m
F#m

E
E

Sprinkling deadly nightshade
Bm
Bm

And as they tormented her
A
A

F#m
F#m

E
E

She rose to the bait
Bm
Bm

Even a scapegoat
A
A

F#m
F#m

E
E

D
D

Dsus4
Dsus4

Must have someone to hate
D
D

And every
Verse 5
G
G

D
D

Bm
Bm

day she lives out
C
C

G
G

another love song
Em
Em

D
D

Bm
Bm

"You're up there enjoying yourself,
C
C

Am
Am

and I know it's wrong"
G
G

Em
Em

D
D

But how can you miss what
C
C

Am
Am

you've never possessed
D
D

C
C

Miss Macbeth?
Verse 6
A
A

C#aug
C#aug

Sometimes people are just
G
G

Em
Em

what they appear to be
A
A

C#aug
C#aug

With no redemption at all
Bm
Bm

C#aug
C#aug

Bm
Bm

We try to walk upright
E
E

When we can't even crawl
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F#m

Verse 7
E
E

Bm
Bm

F#m
F#m

Miss Macbeth has a gollywog
D
D

She chucks under the chin
Bm
Bm

B
B

And she whispers to it tenderly
Bm
Bm

A
A

F#m
F#m

E
E

Then sticks it on a pin
Bm
Bm

And it might be coincidence
A
A

F#m
F#m

E
E

But a boy down the lane
Bm
Bm

That she said went white as he could do
A
A

F#m
F#m

E
E

D
D

Then doubled over in pain
Verse 8
G
G

Em
Em

D
D

Bm
Bm

And everyday she lives out
C
C

Am
Am

G
G

another love song
Em
Em

D
D

Bm
Bm

It's a tearful lament of
C
C

Am
Am

somebody done wrong
C
C

G
G

Em
Em

D
D

Bm
Bm

And how can you miss what
C
C

Am
Am

you've never possessed
D
D

Miss Macbeth?
Outro 1
C
C

D
D

C
C

A
A

D
D

B
B

F#m
F#m

D
D

C#
C#

D
D

B
B

A
A

C#
C#

F#m
F#m

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